Hi All!! Life here in the Philippines is just non stop at the moment!!! After finishing everything in "Science Week" we are all now ready to do the surveys and they have been going well. The actual surveys are very different to the environments that we practiced in but it is nice to be doing them and to be putting all of the training in practice and contributing to the marine volunteer work here! We work in teams of four where we cover 10 meter long se...

Hi All!! Things here in the Philippines are going really well over the past two and a half weeks, but it all has been properly hectic!! During the past two and a half weeks, I have learnt to scuba dive from scratch and passed my Open Water and Advance scuba diving courses. Whoo Hoo!! And all the new starts here (which include me) have also had to undergo the infamous "Science Week" where in the space of just a week we have all had to learn as well as b...

Hi Everyone!! I hope you are all well! So you all may be wondering where and what will I be doing over the next 9 months during this international volunteering adventure that I have embarked on….…..Well, what I have done is listed a brief outline of the countries and projects that I will be helping out in over the course of my travels. Prashant's International Volunteering Adventure Schedule: - 29th October - 2nd December 2009 - Marine Conservation with C...